LANSTON

Luxury Basics and LA-Made

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Krisa

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Three Eighty Two

Lanston is a Los Angeles–based luxury basics collection made from ultra-soft fabrications.

“Everyone really loves the feel of our fabrics, that super-soft buttery hand,” said founder Krisabelle Ann Tan.

The collection includes tees, dresses and jackets in neutrals such as white, black, gray and beige, as well as pops of color such as plum, tangerine and dark turquoise. The tees range from loose to tight fit, as well as scoop necks to plunging deep V-necks.

“I think we are best known for our boyfriend sweatshirt,” Tan said. “It’s been a No. 1 seller since day one, and our French terry dresses are always a favorite. There’s an elevated jogger and matching hoodie, as well as a striped maxi dress, shorts romper and sleeveless cutout racer-back mini dress.

All of the garments are made in Los Angeles. Core fabrications include MicroModal jersey, French terry, tri-blends and cotton.

“I source our core fabric from local vendors who knit in Los Angeles, but our novelty fabrics I get from European mills,” Tan said.

Wholesale price points range from $30 for basic tanks to $110 for an Italian tweed moto jacket.

Lanston is sold at larger department stores, such as Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, and at online retailers such as Revolve Clothing, Piperlime and Shopbop.

Tan is a second-generation Los Angeles manufacturer. Her father headed production for several high-end apparel companies, and her mother owns a private-label firm. By junior high, Tan knew how to inspect garments for fiber content and fine construction.

“I don’t have a formal education in fashion. I grew up in the business and learned through osmosis,” Tan said. “One of my first memories was playing in a cardboard box with my brother in my dad’s contractor shop. I was so fascinated with the whole process and all the machinery.”

Tan studied communications at University of California, Los Angeles, but after graduation she gravitated toward fashion.

“It was right after college that my dad recruited me to work for him temporarily at Chip & Pepper, and that’s where it all started. It was like boot camp, and my two-week stint turned into a year,” Tan said.

She learned all the angles, including marketing, PR, sales and merchandising for denim houses. “At that time, denim was booming, so I wanted to do something to complement that market,” she said.

Tan introduced the knit-top collection Krisa in Spring 2005. She followed that with Lanston in 2009. Tan’s newest collection, Three Eighty Two, which launched last year, is a bolder and brighter blouse and dress collection that features slinky tanks, printed draped shells, caftan mini dresses, color blocked shift dresses and python-printed maxis.

For wholesale information, contact Brigette Hassan Lubin at (213) 489-3732 or brigette@oceanshowroom.com.